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- Arsenide - n. - A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret.
- Sperrylite - n. - An arsenide of platinum occuring in grains and minute isometric crystals of tin-white color. It is found near Sudbury, Ontario Canada, and is the only known compound of platinum occuring in nature.
- Whitneyite - n. - an arsenide of copper from Lake Superior.
- Smaltite - n. - A tin-white or gray mineral of metallic luster. It is an arsenide of cobalt, nickel, and iron. Called also speiskobalt.
- Loellingite - n. - A tin-white arsenide of iron, isomorphous with arsenopyrite.
- Platinum - n. - A metallic element, intermediate in value between silver and gold, occurring native or alloyed with other metals, also as the platinum arsenide (sperrylite). It is heavy tin-white metal which is ductile and malleable, but very infusible, and characterized by its resistance to strong chemical reagents. It is used for crucibles, for stills for sulphuric acid, rarely for coin, and in the form of foil and wire for many purposes. Specific gravity 21.5. Atomic weight 194.3. Symbol Pt. Formerly called platina.
- Domeykite - n. - A massive mineral of tin-white or steel-gray color, an arsenide of copper.
- Niccolite - n. - A mineral of a copper-red color and metallic luster; an arsenide of nickel; -- called also coppernickel, kupfernickel.